I threw my cards out of Manchester hall floor nine at ISU at years end. What memories.
_____ From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Phil Tetley Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 2:25 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] WRITE(6,*)'Happy Birthday Fortran' Also at ISU, in Stevenson - we had direct access to the IBM 1130 console, an IBM line printer, and a few keypunch machines AND I enjoyed every minute of it! >>> "Bob Munds" <bmu...@cusd15.k12.il.us> 10/15/2010 2:09 PM >>> Ill. State best turn-around time I remember (don't hear that phrase any more) was 5 minutes 2:00 a.m. - wee hours Sat. morning - most students were out doing things students do on Fri. night & not punching cards >>> JimHays <hay...@sages.us> 10/15/2010 2:06 PM >>> It was my first programming class at the U of I. Fortran using punch cards on an IBM mainframe system. Each student was alloted so many minutes of processor time and if you went over that limit, you failed the course. One infinite loop and you are "out of here". Many a night spent in the digital computer lab at the key punch machines, then carry your card stack to the reader, and wait for your printout. What fun...... Ben Story wrote: > They had it in the course catalog, but only offered it every 4 years > and only for Physics and Chemistry majors. > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:02 PM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us > <mailto:hay...@sages.us>> wrote: > > Show of hands. How many took a college class in Fortran??????? > (My hand it up.....) > > > Williams, Scott wrote: > > > > > ******Ouput for Happy Birthday Fortran > > WRITE(6,*)'Happy Birthday Fortran' > STOP > END > > Today in 1956, first Fortran Manual published > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech <http://www.tech/> -geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech <http://www.tech/> -geeks.org | > > > > > -- > -- > Ben Story > CCSP, CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCDA > ben.st...@gmail.com <mailto:ben.st...@gmail.com> > > "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. > -- Abraham Lincoln > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech <http://www.tech/> -geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech <http://www.tech/> -geeks.org | --- Scanned by M+ Guardian Messaging Firewall --- Clinton Unit School District -- --- Scanned by M+ Guardian Messaging Firewall --- Clinton Unit School District --
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